Thursday, September 24, 2015

REPRESA
– Three correctional officers at California State Prison-Sacramento (SAC) are
being treated for injuries they sustained from two separate assaults by inmates
this morning.

At approximately 10:15 a.m. on Facility C, one of SAC’s high-security general
population yards, two inmates began stabbing another with an
inmate-manufactured weapon. As officers attempted to stop the attack another
inmate refused to get down and blocked them from responding to the area.
Officers were able to subdue the inmate who was blocking them and stopped the
attack.

The
inmate victim was removed from the yard and was transported to an outside
hospital for treatment. He is currently in fair condition.

As
three correctional officers and one sergeant approached the inmate who blocked
responding staff, approximately 10 inmates stood up and began attacking all
four with their fists.

Additional
custody staff responded and used pepper spray to stop the attack. One warning
shot from the Ruger Mini 14 rifle was fired as well.

Two
officers were transported to an outside hospital, one for treatment for a
strained right elbow and the other for a strained wrist and forearm. Both
officers have been released and have returned to the prison.

As
custody staff escorted inmates back to their cells, another officer was
attacked and struck in the back of the head by an inmate. He is being treated
at an outside hospital as a precaution for any potential head injuries.

The
cause of the incident is currently under investigation and will be referred to
the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.

SAC,
opened in 1986, is a maximum-security prison that houses approximately 2,200
general population and sensitive needs inmates and employs about 1,700 people.
The institution houses inmates serving long sentences and those who have proven
to be management problems at other institutions. SAC also houses inmates
requiring specialized mental health treatment. It was the first state prison in
California to achieve accreditation with the American Correctional Association.